X-Git-Url: https://www.yuggoth.org/gitweb?p=weather.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=2d341abc22242f787e5229995324329a537422c1;hp=da831b6dbd34bd424152fb79371d61c6c2a6ba6d;hb=4d25a49d5a5ec5415f8e83ba26fea5adf4e5512a;hpb=8349654b7c627448b1e56c2943234895724d7857 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index da831b6..2d341ab 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,28 +1,28 @@ -BASIC UNIX INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE WEATHER UTILITY +============================================================== + Basic Unix Installation Instructions for the Weather Utility +============================================================== -Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Jeremy Stanley . -Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is -granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with -this software. +:Copyright: (c) 2006-2010 Jeremy Stanley . Permission to + use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is granted under + terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software. +.. contents:: -PREREQUISITES +Prerequisites +------------- +You need the Python interpreter installed somewhere in your path (most modern +UNIX derivatives come with one already). If you need to get Python, it can be +obtained from http://www.python.org/ (but chances are your operating system at +least provides some sort of native package for it, which you should probably +install in whatever means is recommended by your OS vendor/distributor). -You need the Python interpreter installed somewhere in your path -(most modern UNIX derivatives come with one already). If you need to -get Python, it can be obtained from http://www.python.org/ (but -chances are your operating system at least provides some sort of -native package for it, which you should probably install in whatever -means is recommended by your OS vendor/distributor). - - -RUNNING IN PLACE - -An easy way to try it out is to unpack the tarball and change to the -resulting directory: +Running in Place +---------------- +An easy way to try it out is to unpack the tarball and change to the resulting +directory:: tar xzf weather-*.tar.gz - cd weather + cd weather-* ./weather --version ./weather --help man ./weather.1 @@ -30,30 +30,27 @@ resulting directory: ./weather --forecast --no-conditions --city=charlotte --st=nc ./weather ord sea -...and so on. The weather utility, included Python module and -documentation are all fully functional when kept together in one -directory, if somewhat inconvenient. - - -INSTALLING THE UTILITY +...and so on. The weather utility, included Python module and documentation are +all fully functional when kept together in one directory, if somewhat +inconvenient. -The file named weather should be made executable and put somewhere -in your path (/usr/local/bin/ or ~/bin/ for example). Similarly, -weather.py needs to be somewhere in Python's include path. You can -see your Python interpreter's default include path by running: +Installing the Utility +---------------------- +The file named weather should be made executable and put somewhere in your path +(/usr/local/bin/ or ~/bin/ for example). Similarly, weather.py needs to be +somewhere in Python's include path. You can see your Python interpreter's +default include path by running:: python -c "import sys ; print sys.path" - -CONFIGURATION - -The weatherrc file should go in /etc/ or you can save it in your -home directory as a dotfile (~/.weatherrc) to support user-specific -alias configuration and overrides of the global /etc/weatherrc file. - - -MANUALS - -Optionally, the weather.1 and weatherrc.5 files can be placed in -sane locations for TROFF/NROFF manual files on your system (for -example, /usr/local/share/man/ or ~/man/). +Configuration +------------- +The weatherrc file should go in /etc/ or you can save it in your home directory +as a dotfile (~/.weatherrc) to support user-specific alias configuration and +overrides of the global /etc/weatherrc file. + +Manuals +------- +Optionally, the weather.1 and weatherrc.5 files can be placed in sane locations +for TROFF/NROFF manual files on your system (for example, /usr/local/share/man/ +or ~/man/).